Prefabricated building



J. H. MAGNUSON PREFABRIGATED BUILDING Filed May 11, 1938 Mmhm, 1939.

Patented Mar. 14, 1939 PATENT OFFICE PREFABRIC'ATED BUILDIN G John Harry Magnuson, or to Austin T. Le

Harrisville, R. I., assign- Harrsville, R. I.

Application May 11, 1938, Serial No. 207,294

9 Claims.

My invention relates to prefabricated buildings.

It has heretofore been proposed to provide in such buildings, ceilings utilizing metallic furring strips of channel form and carrying metal clips for attaching a usual form of wire to paper ceiling lath on their under surfaces. These furring strips however, as taught in the Levy Patent No. 2,104,873, patented January 11, 1938, have been long strips extending continuously across any partitions. Moreover, to utilize these strips it has been necessary to cut openings Vtherefor near the tops of the insulating board included in partition walls. Further, these furring strips have been used in connection with a at ribbonlike plate member disposed over the partition wall and have been passed under this member and welded thereto.

My invention has among its objects to provide an improved ceiling structure. A further object of my invention is to provide such an improved ceiling structure which is adapted to4 produce a more rigid ceiling construction, and which is further adapted to be more quickly and inexpensively constructed. A still further object is to provide such a structure which eliminates all need for cutting the panel boards in partitions, and further eliminates the necessity for long continuous furring strips, or for using ribbon-like plate members thereon, all while producing an improved and simplified and more rigid `wall frame structure adapted to be very conveniently connected by welding. These and other objects and advantages of my improved construction will, however, hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown, for purposes of illustration, one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a corner of a house, portions of the outer wall and roof being broken away to facilitate illustration;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the construction shown in Figure 1, the roof being eliminated, and portions of the ceiling structure also being broken away to facilitate illustration, and

Fig. 3 is a simplified section showing the connections of a furring strip to adjacent cap members.

In this illustrative construction, I have shown a building of a well-known type having wall forming sections including insulating panels I which carry reenforcing rods 2 and are disposed in a marginal metallic frame 3, herein including upper channeled plate members 3', coating anchoring wire mesh 4 being extended over the panels I and rods 2 and being, in turn, covered by inner and outer cementitious coatings 5 such as plaster and stucco; my improvements herein relating to an improved construction of the ceiling 5A within the upper channel plate members 3 and beneath joists 6 and rafters 'I supported on the plate members, and to the arrangement of the ceiling with respect to an intermediate partition 8, all as hereinafter described.

Herein, I utilize channeled cap members 9 overlying the partition 8 and corresponding generally to the channeled plate member 3', these channeled caps 9 being suitably connected to the plate member, or other cap members, or other partil5 tions, not shown, by welded plates 9', and having the upper ends of the panel boards I0 and rods II of the partition extended into the cap member 9, as illustrated in Figure 1. Further, it will be noted that herein spaced furring strips I 2, herein in the form of channels, are short and also have their ends disposed at against the opposite depending sides of the channel cap 9 and welded thereto, as indicated at I3, while the opposite ends of the furring strips are similarly disposed and connected to the inner depending side of the channeled plate member 3', or another cap member of an intersecting partition. Thus, for example, I have shown, in Figure 3, each furring strip I2 connected at one end, as 30 at I3, by welding to the partition cap 9, and at its opposite end to a channeled plate member 3', as by welding, at I4. Further, it will be observed that the furring strips I2 are suitably welded, as at I5, to the bottoms of the joists 6 extending 35 transversely thereof. Also, it will be understood that the furring strips carry usual depending tie wires I6 welded thereto and adapted to connect suitable wire lath I'I to the under side of the furring strips after the latter have been thus dis- 40 posed and welded in position.

As a result of my improved construction, it will be observed that the ceiling furring cooperates effectively with the channeled caps on the partitions and the channeled plate members to produce an exceedingly simple and strong construction, efectively cooperating with the outer wall and partitions in positioning the same. Further, it will be noted that the partition caps 9 are thus located without requiring that the partitions be disposed either under or adjacent a joist, all necessity for direct connection of the partition to a joist being eliminated by reason of the rigid lateral connections for the upper end of the partition,ralforded by my improved furrboard is adapted to ring strip construction, whereby the upper end of the partitionV is very securely positioned. Moreover, it will be observed that a standard panel be used withoutvproviding special apertures therein either during manufacture or at the site, while my tion also makes it possible to utilize shorter and more inexpensive lengths of furring strips which are also more'readily and inexpensively handled during construction. Other advantages of my improvements will also be clearly apparent Vto those skilled in the art. f' v While I have in this application specifically described Aone form which Vmy invention mayVr as-v it will be understood that this form is shown for purposes of illustration and that various modifications may be used without departing from its spirit or the scope of therappended claims.

What I claim asV new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. In a prefabricated building, spaced cooperating wall structures having.v downwardly disposed flanges onrthe inner faces of the upper ends thereof, and spacedl ceilingv supporting furring sume in practice,

Y bracing opposite 'fiangesand xedthereto.

, ing outer 2. In a prefabricated building, a wall structure including a partition therebetween and overlying joists, and spaced furring strips fixed to said joists and xed to the opposite sides of the upper end of said partition.

3. In a prefabricated building, a Wall structure including a partition therebetween having a downwardly extendingvchannel overlying the top thereof, and spaced furring strips connected to spaced elements of said wall structure and brac-` ing the dependingV flanges of said channel on opposite sides thereof and xed thereto.

. 4. In a prefabricated'building, a Wall structure including a partition therebetween having a downwardly extending channel overlying kthe top thereof, and spaced furring strips connected to spaced elements of said Wall structure and bracing depending flanges of said channel on opposite sides thereof and iixed thereto, said Wall includwall portions having corresponding channel members on the tops thereof and the remote ends of saidfurring stripslikewise bracing improved construcdepending flanges on said channel membersv and being fixed thereto.

5. In a prefabricated building, a wall structure having Yspaced wall sections and upper cap members thereon having depending inner portions',

joists supported on certain of said cap members,

and spaced furring strips bracing the inner porthereto.

6. In a prefabricated'building, a wall structure having spaced wall sections and upper cap members thereon having depending inner portions,

joists supported on certain of said cap members, and spaced furring strips bracing the inner portions of certain of said cap members and fixed thereto, Ysaid furring strips being welded to said inner portions and to said joists intermediate said cap-members.

7. In a prefabricated building, a'wall. structure having spaced Wall sections and upper cap members Vthereon having depending inner portions, joists supported oncertain of said cap members, and spaced lfurring strips abutting the inner portions of certain of said cap members and welded thereto, certainof said wall sections comprising partitions having cap members thereon and dependingportions on each side thereof and said furring strips abutting said opposite depending portions of said cap members andv being welded thereto.

8. In a prefabricated building having spaced wall sections andjoists supported thereon, a sha1- low ceiling support beneath said joistscomprising channeled cap members on said Wall sections and spaced furring strips bracing said cap members and rigidly connected thereto and to said joists.

9. In a prefabricated building having spaced Wall sections and joists supported thereon, a shallow ceiling supportbeneath said joists comprising channeled cap members on said Wall sections and spaced furring channels abutting said caprmembers and Welded thereto, certain of said wall sections comprising a partition section and certain of said furring channels abutting opposite anges on the channeled cap thereon and being welded thereto to rigidly position said partition.

JOHN HARRY MAGNUSON.

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